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47 Years, Blotted Feeling, Back Pain, Weight Gain, Heavy Periods With Clotting. Negative HPT Tests. Pregnant?
I'm 47 years old experiencing heavy periods with clotting (vary in size). For the best few weeks having symptoms of feeling pregnant my LMP March 23, 2013. I've pick up weight, also experiencing a bloated feeling that sometime causes my back to hurt. I've taken three HPT they were all negative. What could be happening?....Could I be pregnant?
Fri, 3 May 2013
HELLO
YOU ARE IN THE PERIMENOPAUSAL AGE GROUP. MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITIES LIKE DELAYED PERIODS, FREQUENT CYCLES, HEAVY BLEEDING ARE COMMON IN THIS AGE GROUP.YOU FIRST DO A SERUM BETA HCG TEST WHICH IS MORE SENSITVE THAN URINE TEST.IF IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE NEGATIVE YOU ARE NOT PREGNANT.
YOU ARE ADVISED TO GET WITHDRAWAL BLEEDING.A PER VAGINAL EXAMINATION AND AN ULTRASOUND WILL DIFFERENTIATE EITHER YOU HAVE ANY ORGANIC PATHOLOGY LIKE FIBROID OR IT IS AN ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING.
YOU ARE IN THE PERIMENOPAUSAL AGE GROUP. MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITIES LIKE DELAYED PERIODS, FREQUENT CYCLES, HEAVY BLEEDING ARE COMMON IN THIS AGE GROUP.YOU FIRST DO A SERUM BETA HCG TEST WHICH IS MORE SENSITVE THAN URINE TEST.IF IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE NEGATIVE YOU ARE NOT PREGNANT.
YOU ARE ADVISED TO GET WITHDRAWAL BLEEDING.A PER VAGINAL EXAMINATION AND AN ULTRASOUND WILL DIFFERENTIATE EITHER YOU HAVE ANY ORGANIC PATHOLOGY LIKE FIBROID OR IT IS AN ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING.
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